| 释义 |
crin·kle
I. \ˈkriŋkəl\ verb
(crinkled ; crinkled ; crinkling \-k(ə)liŋ\ ; crinkles)
Etymology: Middle English crynkelen, crenklen, crounkilen; akin to Middle Dutch crinkelen to crinkle, Old English cringan to fall, yield — more at cringe
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to form many short bends or turns : turn, wind
b. : to move in waves : wrinkle, ripple
2. now dialect England : cringe; also : to turn aside or draw back from a purpose or promise
3. : to give forth a thin metallic or crackling sound : rustle
< stiff silk crinkling and swishing about her ankles >
transitive verb
: to cause to crinkle
< the damp air crinkled her hair about her face >
: wrinkle, ripple, curl
< a breeze barely crinkling the ripening wheat >
II. noun
(-s)
1. : winding, turn, wrinkle, corrugation, fold
2.
a. : cork (sense 5) when marked by internal necrotic regions
b. : potato mosaic in which puckered crinkly-edged downward-curved leaves occur
c. : any of several diseases characterized by crinkling of leaf margins (as strawberry crinkle) |